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Janesville

An American Story

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Joy Osmanski

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

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Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin - Paul Ryan's hometown - and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills - but it's not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.

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Trump Administration Threatens Future of HIV Research Hub

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 7 mins

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The Trump administration has thrown into doubt a multimillion-dollar research contract to test new treatments for HIV that relies on fetal tissue — work targeted by antiabortion lawmakers and social conservatives aligned with the president.

"Trump Administration Threatens Future of HIV Research Hub" is from the December 04, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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Janesville: Paul Ryan's Home Town, but Not His Political Home Turf

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 8 mins

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"Janesville: Paul Ryan's Home Town, but Not His Political Home Turf" is from the October 14, 2015 Politics and Power section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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New Insurance Guidelines Would Undermine Rules of the Affordable Care Act

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 5 mins

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The Trump administration is urging states to tear down pillars of the Affordable Care Act, demolishing a basic rule that federal insurance subsidies can be used only for people buying health plans in marketplaces created under the law.

"New Insurance Guidelines Would Undermine Rules of the Affordable Care Act" is from the November 29, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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An Experiment Requiring Work for Food Stamps Is a Trump Administration Model

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Jenny Hoops

Length: 14 mins

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MILWAUKEE — At the end of a strip shopping mall and inside an office with a warren of cubicles, Deatre McNeal was back at ResCare, a company hired by the state of Wisconsin to help people who are poor and sometimes hungry find work to avoid losing their food stamps.

"An Experiment Requiring Work for Food Stamps Is a Trump Administration Model" is from the November 29, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

States that run their own Affordable Care Act insurance market­places significantly outperformed the rest of the country in attracting consumers to sign up for health plans for 2018, according to enrollment tallies released Wednesday.

"ACA’s State-Run Insurance Exchanges Fare Better Than the Law’s Federal Marketplace" is from the February 07, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The Trump administration is taking its first steps to put its imprint on the Affordable Care Act, reversing plans to withhold tax refunds this year from Americans who flout the law’s insurance requirement while proposing a series of rule changes to encourage insurers to remain in ACA marketplaces.

"IRS Won’t Withhold Tax Refunds if Americans Ignore ACA Insurance Requirement" is from the February 15, 2017 Health & Science section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces open for a sixth year Thursday with more stable health plan choices and rates, plus significant tests of the effects of recent Republican moves to undercut parts of the law.

"Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Begins and Will Test Republican Health Policies" is from the October 31, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday morning intended to allow small businesses and potentially individuals to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance that skirts state regulations and Affordable Care Act protections.

"Trump Signs Order to Eliminate ACA Insurance Rules, Undermine Marketplaces" is from the October 12, 2017 Health section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Stay Strong’ in Protecting His Signature Health-Care Law

By:
Juliet Eilperin,
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 10 mins

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President Obama met behind closed doors Wednesday morning with congressional Democrats to map out a strategy to defend the Affordable Care Act and other health-care policies — the day that Republicans began debate on how to get rid of the far-reaching law.

"Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Stay Strong’ in Protecting His Signature Health-Care Law" is from the December 04, 2016 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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Obama’s Top Health Official Warns of Dangers of Health-Care Law Repeal

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Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 3 mins

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American health care risks “going over a cliff,” with serious consequences for the industry as well as for state budgets and economies, Burwell said in a speech at the National Press Club.

"Obama’s Top Health Official Warns of Dangers of Health-Care Law Repeal" is from the January 09, 2017 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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What Is in the Republican Health-Care Bill? Questions and Answers on Preexisting Conditions, Medicaid and More.

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Juliet Eilperin,
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 5 mins

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The upcoming House vote will upend key insurance protections and subsidies in the Affordable Care Act.

"What Is in the Republican Health-Care Bill? Questions and Answers on Preexisting Conditions, Medicaid and More." is from the May 04, 2017 Health & Science section of The Washington Post. It was written by Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

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Trump Vows ‘Insurance for Everybody’ in Obamacare Replacement Plan

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Robert Costa,
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Jenny Hoops

Length: 9 mins

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President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

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How the Demise of Her Health-Care Plan Led to the Politician Clinton Is Today

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Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 21 mins

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On a Saturday morning in the summer of 1994, first lady Hillary Clinton was unnerved as she stood at a lectern in downtown Seattle. Hundreds of demonstrators had infiltrated the crowd at an outdoor rally for a White House plan to redesign the nation’s health-care system, their messages ugly and personal.

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Arkansas Wins Federal Permission to Impose Medicaid Work Requirements

By:
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 4 mins

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Arkansas on Monday became the third state to win the Trump administration’s permission to compel tens of thousands of residents on Medicaid to work or prepare for a job. But the announcement in Little Rock demonstrated the polarizing politics that still swirl around the public insurance program for the poor in some conservative states.

"Arkansas Wins Federal Permission to Impose Medicaid Work Requirements" is from the March 05, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that if his party fails to muster 50 votes for its plan to rewrite the Affordable Care Act, it will have no choice but to draft a more modest bill with Democrats to support the law’s existing insurance markets.

"McConnell Says GOP Must Shore up ACA Insurance Markets if Senate Bill Dies" is from the July 06, 2017 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price repeatedly failed to follow federal requirements during his travels while in office, wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds, according to the internal watchdog of the department he once led.

"Former HHS Secretary Tom Price’s Air Travel Wasted $341,000 in Government Funds, Watchdog Says" is from the July 13, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Mark Berman and Amy Goldstein and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

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Former CDC Head Tom Frieden Arrested in New York, Accused of Groping

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Mark Berman,
Amy Goldstein

Narrated by:
Sam Scholl

Length: 3 mins

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Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested Friday in New York after he was accused of groping a woman last year, law enforcement officials said. Frieden turned himself in to authorities on Friday in Brooklyn, police said.

"Former CDC Head Tom Frieden Arrested in New York, Accused of Groping" is from the August 24, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Mark Berman, Amy Goldstein and narrated by Sam Scholl.

More than 8.8 million Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act health plans for 2018 in the 39 states relying on the federal HealthCare.gov website, an unexpectedly robust turnout that approaches the 2017 total, despite an enrollment season cut by half and other moves by the Trump administration to undermine the law's insurance marketplaces.

"ACA Enrollment For 2018 Nearly Matches Last Year's, Despite Trump Administration Efforts to Undermine It" is from the December 21, 2017 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy Goldstein and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that sharply limits the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, a move that could mean many American women would no longer have access to birth control free of charge.

"Trump Administration Narrows Affordable Care Act's Contraception Mandate" is from the October 06, 2017 Health section of The Washington Post. It was written by Juliet Eilperin, Amy Goldstein and William Wan and narrated by Sam Scholl.